About Us
Neural Network Accelerator IP Customized for Your Application
AI at the Speed of Life
Expedera provides customizable neural engine semiconductor IP that dramatically improves performance, power, and latency while reducing cost and complexity in edge AI inference applications. Successfully deployed in over 10 million consumer devices, Expedera’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) solutions are scalable and produce superior results in applications ranging from edge nodes and smartphones to automotive. The platform includes an easy-to-use TVM-based software stack that allows the importing of trained networks, provides various quantization options, automatic completion, compilation, estimator, and profiling tools, and supports multi-job APIs. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company has engineering development centers and customer support offices in the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and India.
Executive Team
Da Chuang
CEO & Co-founder
Da is co-founder and CEO of Expedera. Previously, he was cofounder and COO of Memoir Systems, an optimized memory IP startup, leading to a successful acquisition by Cisco. At Cisco, he led the Datacenter Switch ASICs for Nexus 3/9K, MDS, CSPG products. Da brings more than 25 years of ASIC experience at Cisco, Nvidia, and Abrizio. He holds a BS EECS from UC Berkeley, MS/PhD EE from Stanford.
Siyad Ma
VP Engineering & Co-founder
As co-founder of Expedera, Siyad leads Expedera’s engineering and product development. Previously, Siyad led Algorithmic TCAM ASIC and IP teams for Cisco Nexus7k, MDS, Cat4k/6k. He brings more than 25 years of experience driving ASIC design and DFT at Spanslogic (Cisco), Zettacom (IDT), Chameleon, and AMD. He holds a PhD EE from Stanford.
Sharad Chole
Chief Scientist & Co-founder
As Chief Scientist, Sharad brings his extensive experience in software-hardware co-development to enable efficient AI processing. Sharad is an expert in AI frameworks, power-aware neural network optimizations, and programmable dataflow architectures. Previously, he was an architect at Cisco, Memoir Systems (Cisco), and Microsoft. He holds a BTech from IIT Kanpur.
Paul Karazuba
VP Marketing
Paul is VP of Marketing at Expedera. He brings a talent for transforming new technology into products that excite customers. Previously, Paul was VP Marketing at PLDA, specializing in high-speed interconnect IP, until its acquisition by Rambus. Before PLDA, he was Senior Director of Marketing at Rambus. Paul brings more than 20 years of marketing experience including Quicklogic and Aptina (Micron). He holds a BS in Management and Marketing from Manhattan College.
Wendy Wu
Head of Business Development and Product
Wendy is the head of Business Development and Product at Expedera. With almost 20 years of engineering and business roles at Cadence, Cavium, Broadcom, NetLogic, and Aeluros, Wendy offers expertise in semiconductors and IP. Wendy has an EE from Peking University, a Masters in EE from the University of Virginia, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Denny Liu
VP Operations
Denny is VP of Operations at Expedera. Denny brings more than 20 years of operations and management experience at Zeku Technologies, MediaTek, and SiS. He holds a BS/MS in IC Design from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
James Lin
GM of Asia Pacific
James is the General Manager, Asia Pacific for Expedera. Prior to Expedera, James was President of OEM/ODM Partnerships, Technology, and Electronics Manufacturing at Primax Electronics, where he led the company’s activities in the US automotive, consumer, and security markets. James brings more than 30 years of experience in business and management at Darfon, BenQ, and Acer. He holds a BS in communications from the University of Southern California.
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